Nichan (Нічан) is a Ukrainian bulletin board, founded by “Deimos”, which initially ran from August 17, 2010 to November 25, 2013. It was recently revived with much fanfare on June 11, 2020, but it never gained any traction despite advertisements being spammed when it started back up.

On August 17, 2010, “Deimos” establishes Nichan at the “nichan.net” domain with Wakaba,¹⁾²⁾ and its name references the Japanese on-reading 'ni' (2) and the Ukrainian term 'nich' (ніч, lit. “night”). In the beginning, Nichan intended to be a neutral Uchan alternative, since Russo-Ukrainian relations kept derailing threads, but it didn't have a community, so it was just a raid target for Uchan and other Russian websites.

Despite this, Nichan gathered a small community that discussed anime, produced original content, and made Ukrainian-language translations. However, it still carried a reputation of 'having 3 users' and the stagnation would set in by 2012. Some vandals kept uploading child pornography, then the administrator gave up and left up the 'working' message by November 25, 2013.³⁾

In the following decade, Nichan was revived on June 11, 2020⁴⁾ with Vichan at the old “nichan.net” domain, allegedly because nostalgic users asked “Deimus” to do so. Their revival was heavily advertised, plus the pandemic was beginning, so it briefly competed with Kropyvach and Hyperchan (Uchan), which convinced Nichan to keep going. However, it eventually went back to its original 'having 3 users' reputation.

• A snapshot of the original Nichan from 2013 was archived and preserved at old.nichan.net.
• Nichan has a number of website mascots, ranging from previous and current iterations:
  • Mask-kit (Маск-кіт) - A black cat, with a red mask and mosquito wings. Mostly forgotten.
  • Ni-chan (Ні-чян) - A blue-haired girl, supposedly a gloomy insomniac when she's drawn properly.
  • Nichanokotyk (Нічанокотик) - A white, oval-shaped cat that emerged in the revival.
• Currently, the revived Nichan has explicitly banned posting 'anti-Ukrainian' ideas and activities.⁵⁾

• Nichan - The front page of Nichan.
  • @nichan_net → @NetNichan on Twitter - The official Twitter account.
  • @ukrainian_nichan on Telegram - The official Telegram account.
• Nichan on Faina Memoriia
• Nichan (2010-2013) & Nichan (2020) on Entsyklopediia Dramatyka